Fic: The Far Green Shore

[quasar273]

Fandom: The Lord of the Rings (book canon)
Title: The Far Green Shore
Author: quasar273
Rating: G
Pairing: Legolas/Gimli
Warnings: Major character death(s)
Word Count: ~6700
Summary: . . . Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf.

Author's Note: Passages in italics

Comments

[titc]

I usually avoid LotR fic like the plague, because so few (to my mind) can convey the awe, the tone, the atmosphere and feelings it evokes for me. (& while I love reading pr0n of many kinds, this is one fandom where I most emphatically do not!)
I'm glad I gave this one a try though. I loved Legolas' struggle with mortality, the glimpses we get of his years with Gimli, the Elves and Hobbits and Gandalf - it's not uneven at all, and a wonderful rewriting of the heartwrenching mix of joy and sadness that life is in LotR.

[quasar273]

Cool, I'm very glad to know you enjoyed it! I haven't got a lot of comments, but that's mostly because I don't know where to post or announce it. So it's nice to hear from a regular reader!

[leenah]

i got here by surfing thru for sherlock holmes fic, and found this and was tempted to read it.

very glad i did.

LotR is precious to me, and the Undying Lands are hallowed, and you have done it all justice here.

[cupidsbow]

I think Legolas and Gimli are my all-time favourite OTP, and there is not enough fic of them. Thank you so much for this one. <3